The University of Ghana (UG) has announced the commencement of the 2024/2025 academic year, following a prolonged strike by teaching staff that disrupted academic activities. In a notice dated October 29, 2024, the university’s Registrar, Emelia Agyei-Mensah, confirmed that lectures … Read more →
Kenya is to end visa requirements to all African visitors by the end of the year, President William Ruto has said. “It is time we… realise that having visa restrictions amongst ourselves is working against us,” he told an international … Read more →
The Multimedia Group’s Erastus Asare Donkor has been crowned the P.A.V Ansah Journalist of the Year at the 27th Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards. Mr Donkor, who is a journalist with JoyFM, JoyNews and Luv FM, all subsidiaries of The … Read more →
The country is set to produce anti-snake venom locally to save the lives of people who are bitten by snakes, sometimes leading to deaths due to the lack of life- saving Serums. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed … Read more →
The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has cut the sod for the commencement of infrastructural works on a $150 million investment project for 48 districts in six regions. The project is made up of the provision of water, construction of school … Read more →
Rabies is a viral infectious disease that spreads from animals to humans and continues to pose a public health threat to animals in the Western and Western North Regions Though officers from the Veterinary Services Directorate annually embark on vaccination … Read more →
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has been accused of misleading the public about the risks of using social media and contributing to a mental health crisis among youth. The claims were made in a federal lawsuit, which … Read more →
Sony has announced its latest Spider-Man release is the fastest-selling video game made by PlayStation. Spider-Man 2 sold more than 2.5 million physical and digital copies in its first 24 hours, it said in a blog post. The game, developed … Read more →
Republicans have picked Congressman Mike Johnson as their latest nominee for the Speaker of the House of Representatives. He is the fourth nominee put forward after three others failed to win enough support from colleagues, and the second nominee of … Read more →
The Ghana Police Service has announced that it has deposited a total amount of GH¢2.5 million received from the Chief Executive Officer of the defunct gold dealership firm, Menzgold, Nana Appiah Mensah, known as NAM1 to the Police Exhibit Account … Read more →
The Ghana Education Service (GES) has taken steps to identify unqualified Junior High School (JHS) students in Forms One and Two who skipped classes to sit for the 2023 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The GES has consequently instructed all … Read more →
In a bold declaration, Hassan Ayariga, the founder and leader of the All People’s Congress (APC), has pledged to ban betting if elected President, asserting that it fosters a culture of laziness. Mr. Ayariga contends that redirecting the focus of … Read more →
A run-off election will be held next month in Liberia following a photo finish between President George Weah and his main rival Joseph Boakai. Mr Weah got 43.83% of the vote and Mr Boakai, a former vice-president, received 43.44%. The … Read more →
The 27th annual Ghana Journalists Association’s (GJA) media awards will take place on Sunday, October 29, 2023, at the Accra International Conference Centre at 3pm. The flagship annual event is meant to celebrate professional excellence with awards in 34 competitive … Read more →
The Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) is to investigate the allegation of corruption in the award of road contracts as alleged by Professor Stephen Adei, a former Board Chairman of the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA). Speaking in a television … Read more →
More than 2,000 people have been rendered homeless in 15 communities along the Lower Volta Lake Basin in the Pru East District in the Bono East Region. This follows the spillage of the Akosombo and Kpong dams, which wreaked havoc, … Read more →
A Public Health Practitioner, Abraham Norman Nortey, has revealed that water-borne diseases are increasing in the communities that have been affected by the flood that was caused by the spillage of the Akosombo Dam. He stated that although the people … Read more →
Martin Griffiths, the UN’s humanitarian chief, has announced the arrival of 14 more trucks carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza. He said it was “another small glimmer of hope” for Palestinians, but warned they still need “more, much more.” The charity … Read more →
Former Environment Minister, Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, has responded to the Attorney General’s Office’s statement for “hard evidence” in relation to the allegations in his report on illegal mining activities in the country. The AG’s office, last week indicated that the … Read more →
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made a personal donation of GH¢160,000 to victims of the devastating spillage of water from the Akosombo Dam. Several communities in eight districts, mostly in the Volta Region as well as the Eastern and … Read more →
Kinsley Ofosu, the sole survivor of the famous Deadly Voyage stowaway story in 1992, has been arrested for his involvement in an alleged €120,000 scam. The suspect, who made international headline in 1992 with his miraculous survival from a stowaway … Read more →